Category: Green Hoteliers
Green Hoteliers · 10 min read
Why Is It So Difficult to Get Data? Hotels Have the Information. So Where Is It?
Finance knows what the hotel has spent, not necessarily what it has consumed. Why reliable energy, water and waste data is so hard to get, and how to fix it.
Green Hoteliers · 9 min read
The Most Dangerous Phrase in the Hotel Industry Today: “We’ve Always Done It This Way.”
Keep the traditions that create value. Change the procedures that create unnecessary costs. Why “we’ve always done it this way” can cost a hotel money and compliance.
Green Hoteliers · 11 min read
A Hotel General Manager Is a Hotelier. Not a Sustainability Expert. Stop Expecting Them to Be Both!
Running a hotel is already a full-time job. A sustainability specialist should reduce the general manager’s workload, not add to it: baseline first, then optimise, invest only where justified.
Green Hoteliers · 15 min read
EmpCo: 27 September Has Passed. And Now What?
Since 27 September 2026, EmpCo applies. A green certificate is not automatically a defence: can you demonstrate that what you tell your guests is accurate, compliant and supported by evidence?
Green Hoteliers · 5 min read
Microplastics in Hotel Cosmetics and Amenities: A Hidden Contradiction to Responsible Hospitality
Refill dispensers do not make your amenities plastic-free. Guests can scan the label in seconds, and they will believe the app before they believe your supplier.
Green Hoteliers · 3 min read
Hoteliers of Europe, this is the moment to take sustainability seriously!
Is your hotel certified, and would that certificate hold up under the EU’s stricter rules on greenwashing and sustainability reporting?
Green Hoteliers · 2 min read
Beware of hotel greenwashing! It’s closer than you think!
Some green hotel programmes look like certification but are not. Five checks to run before you trust a label, or pay for one.